Arkadiy Kukarkin
@arkadiy.bsky.social
decentralization lead @ archive.org
this will make sense to very few people, but: I started an organized labor underground in an on-chain game about sending lab rats on psychic missions (rat.fun) the starting chamber for our narrative is rat.fun/0x402ef3ccdf... DM me for some $RAT if you want to play (needs a little base ETH for gas)
RAT.FUN
RAT.FUN is a game about having fun and drugging rats
rat.fun
January 12, 2026 at 6:18 PM
this will make sense to very few people, but: I started an organized labor underground in an on-chain game about sending lab rats on psychic missions (rat.fun) the starting chamber for our narrative is rat.fun/0x402ef3ccdf... DM me for some $RAT if you want to play (needs a little base ETH for gas)
hey can the WP editorial board release the names of the contributor(s) to this piece www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
just asking
just asking
Opinion | Justice in Venezuela
The next challenge is setting the country up for long-term success.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:30 PM
hey can the WP editorial board release the names of the contributor(s) to this piece www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
just asking
just asking
posting this for no particular reason www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE_v...
Evolution Control Committee- The Bush Speech (Corrected) (Full)
YouTube video by cerialman2
www.youtube.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:48 AM
posting this for no particular reason www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE_v...
stumpy the greyhound (and a sort of unofficial mascot of the media arts scene here in Berlin) is unfortunately battling soft tissue sarcoma, however this process has revealed his latent divinity, plz pray for his complete recovery
December 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
stumpy the greyhound (and a sort of unofficial mascot of the media arts scene here in Berlin) is unfortunately battling soft tissue sarcoma, however this process has revealed his latent divinity, plz pray for his complete recovery
fucking hell do I need to grind the engraving off my trauma shears now
November 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
fucking hell do I need to grind the engraving off my trauma shears now
one thing that is readily apparent after returning to the US after some time away is that China has already achieved the civ style cultural victory and is playing past the endgame screen
a less incompetent US admin could counterbalance this but, alas
a less incompetent US admin could counterbalance this but, alas
September 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
one thing that is readily apparent after returning to the US after some time away is that China has already achieved the civ style cultural victory and is playing past the endgame screen
a less incompetent US admin could counterbalance this but, alas
a less incompetent US admin could counterbalance this but, alas
one interesting observation is that the actual set of countries that do vote by mail looks almost exactly like the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eco... map (with the notable exception of the Nordics but they mostly have equivalents like howtovote.se/voting-by-co...)
August 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
one interesting observation is that the actual set of countries that do vote by mail looks almost exactly like the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eco... map (with the notable exception of the Nordics but they mostly have equivalents like howtovote.se/voting-by-co...)
CAPTCHA idea: pick the struggling companies from the Astr*nomer brand grid
August 2, 2025 at 10:04 AM
CAPTCHA idea: pick the struggling companies from the Astr*nomer brand grid
just doing some research on traveling on german trains with a bicycle
July 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
just doing some research on traveling on german trains with a bicycle
did you know that 60-90% of the dairy workforce (depending on the source) in Reggio Emilia consists of Sikhs (primarily from Punjab) and Parmesan production is pretty much only possible because of their work? archive.is/qzlMH
archive.is
May 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
did you know that 60-90% of the dairy workforce (depending on the source) in Reggio Emilia consists of Sikhs (primarily from Punjab) and Parmesan production is pretty much only possible because of their work? archive.is/qzlMH
I just funded a mullvad account with 2 months of credits without realizing I don't need it, anyone want the access code? paid through may 12th
(don't do anything particularly naughty with it please)
(don't do anything particularly naughty with it please)
March 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I just funded a mullvad account with 2 months of credits without realizing I don't need it, anyone want the access code? paid through may 12th
(don't do anything particularly naughty with it please)
(don't do anything particularly naughty with it please)
please, please, please do not intercept or "disable" copy/paste in your webapp, especially on password fields
March 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
please, please, please do not intercept or "disable" copy/paste in your webapp, especially on password fields
new google regression dropped: sending a specific venue now appears to send a *search* that is context-specific and may resolve to a completely different venue
happened 2x today with maps.app.goo.gl/wqurboP7pS4i... (NYC instead of LA) maps.app.goo.gl/L8cN2jESy6Xx... (CN instead of LA)
happened 2x today with maps.app.goo.gl/wqurboP7pS4i... (NYC instead of LA) maps.app.goo.gl/L8cN2jESy6Xx... (CN instead of LA)
Google Maps
Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.
maps.app.goo.gl
February 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
new google regression dropped: sending a specific venue now appears to send a *search* that is context-specific and may resolve to a completely different venue
happened 2x today with maps.app.goo.gl/wqurboP7pS4i... (NYC instead of LA) maps.app.goo.gl/L8cN2jESy6Xx... (CN instead of LA)
happened 2x today with maps.app.goo.gl/wqurboP7pS4i... (NYC instead of LA) maps.app.goo.gl/L8cN2jESy6Xx... (CN instead of LA)
for the past two years Berlin has had ridership comparable to NYC
Berlin has less than half the population, even if you don't count the commuters (LI is 4x Brandenburg alone)
Berlin has less than half the population, even if you don't count the commuters (LI is 4x Brandenburg alone)
February 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
for the past two years Berlin has had ridership comparable to NYC
Berlin has less than half the population, even if you don't count the commuters (LI is 4x Brandenburg alone)
Berlin has less than half the population, even if you don't count the commuters (LI is 4x Brandenburg alone)
hypothetically speaking, do we know if worldcoin orbs are available on the grey market?
January 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM
hypothetically speaking, do we know if worldcoin orbs are available on the grey market?
if you're wondering how things are going in the .ru AI chatbot space, this is the login screen for GigaChat (it's free but you need to be KYC'd via federal savings bank)
January 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
if you're wondering how things are going in the .ru AI chatbot space, this is the login screen for GigaChat (it's free but you need to be KYC'd via federal savings bank)
all models like this (and perhaps all foundation models period) must belong to the commons on which they build
incidentally, RIP Mozilla Location Service
arstechnica.com/ai/2024/11/n...
incidentally, RIP Mozilla Location Service
arstechnica.com/ai/2024/11/n...
Niantic uses Pokémon Go player data to build AI navigation system
Visual scans of the world have helped Niantic build what it calls a “Large Geospatial Model.”…
arstechnica.com
November 28, 2024 at 11:04 AM
all models like this (and perhaps all foundation models period) must belong to the commons on which they build
incidentally, RIP Mozilla Location Service
arstechnica.com/ai/2024/11/n...
incidentally, RIP Mozilla Location Service
arstechnica.com/ai/2024/11/n...
we've had to rotate our tor keys so the archive.org onion service now lives on archivep75mbjunhxc6x4j5mwjmomyxb573v42baldlqu56ruil2oiad.onion
it's no speed demon but it should generally work! let me know if you run into any issues (game emulation is known to be broken right now FWIW)
it's no speed demon but it should generally work! let me know if you run into any issues (game emulation is known to be broken right now FWIW)
archivep75mbjunhxc6x4j5mwjmomyxb573v42baldlqu56ruil2oiad.onion
November 25, 2024 at 5:21 PM
we've had to rotate our tor keys so the archive.org onion service now lives on archivep75mbjunhxc6x4j5mwjmomyxb573v42baldlqu56ruil2oiad.onion
it's no speed demon but it should generally work! let me know if you run into any issues (game emulation is known to be broken right now FWIW)
it's no speed demon but it should generally work! let me know if you run into any issues (game emulation is known to be broken right now FWIW)
@bsky.app can we make the info tip about alt text open the add-alt-text dialog on click? my brain refuses to find the "+ ALT" button on top of a busy image
November 25, 2024 at 4:53 PM
@bsky.app can we make the info tip about alt text open the add-alt-text dialog on click? my brain refuses to find the "+ ALT" button on top of a busy image
haven't really had the stomach for social media the past couple of months but notifications look like this despite 0 content so I guess I'll be more actively posting on here now
November 25, 2024 at 4:52 PM
haven't really had the stomach for social media the past couple of months but notifications look like this despite 0 content so I guess I'll be more actively posting on here now
Reposted by Arkadiy Kukarkin
First we’ll be hearing from @brewster.kahle.org @arkadiy.bsky.social on the work @archive.org is doing to provide a dedicated Tor onion service to allow private and unrestricted access to their collections, including from politically repressive locales.
May 21, 2024 at 3:06 AM
First we’ll be hearing from @brewster.kahle.org @arkadiy.bsky.social on the work @archive.org is doing to provide a dedicated Tor onion service to allow private and unrestricted access to their collections, including from politically repressive locales.
overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out
Robots are performing Hindu rituals. Some worshippers fear they’ll be replaced
It isn’t just artists and teachers who are losing sleep over advances in automation and artificial intelligence. Robots are being brought into Hinduism’s holiest rituals – and not all worshipper...
www.pbs.org
January 31, 2024 at 11:37 AM
overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out
has anyone done a numerology art project on the patterns in their 2FA codes?
September 26, 2023 at 10:40 PM
has anyone done a numerology art project on the patterns in their 2FA codes?
on an otherwise dark day, I am very happy to have this with me
if you're impatient the drop is 5:16 then double drop at 6:37
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY8rErqsxvE
if you're impatient the drop is 5:16 then double drop at 6:37
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY8rErqsxvE
Messiaen: Meditation 9 - God among us CLASSICAL ACCORDION music Nyzhnyk Нижник баян Accord...
Artem Nyzhnyk plays Meditation No 9 - Dieu parmi nous (God with us) by Olivier Messiaenon bayan / accordion / accordeon ( http://www.nyzhnyk.com )from - La N...
www.youtube.com
August 13, 2023 at 3:13 PM
on an otherwise dark day, I am very happy to have this with me
if you're impatient the drop is 5:16 then double drop at 6:37
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY8rErqsxvE
if you're impatient the drop is 5:16 then double drop at 6:37
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY8rErqsxvE
just posting this evergreen quote for no reason at all:
“The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side.”
“The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side.”
August 13, 2023 at 12:22 PM
just posting this evergreen quote for no reason at all:
“The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side.”
“The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side.”